Without doubt this is a science fiction classic, and an early example of a novel and a movie that are born at the same time, adding detail and nuance to each other by the makers’ consistent communication and reflection on the respective effects of...
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Jean-Paul Werner Walshaw-Sauter
Great review, Lisa. I have to admit that I have never read a science fiction novel before, but you make it sound very tempting ;-)
5 months ago
LisaJean-Paul wrote: "Great review, Lisa. I have to admit that I have never read a science fiction novel before, but you make it sound very tempting ;-)"
I am not sure this is the one I would start with. It is very detached. I liked it as a counterweight to all the dark or humorous sci fi novels I had read before, but it is quite dry as an entry point.
5 months ago
Jan-Maat
fun at times is pretty damning, since that also pretty accurately describes the telephone directory
5 months ago
LisaJan-Maat wrote: "fun at times is pretty damning, since that also pretty accurately describes the telephone directory"
Hmmm... maybe I should review the telephone directory, too. Maybe it will be one of those stomach challenging horrifying reading experiences? After all, the social injustice of every single town in the world is listed there, name after name, address after address, telling the dirty stories of success and failure, desperate poverty and insulting wealth. It tells the story of divorces and of inheritance, of small businesses and big hospitals, of honest merchants and frauds. But at times, it is quite fun, too! Some names are deliberate puns. I wonder if it is harder to read the telephone directory than Ulysses or Gravity's Rainbow?
5 months ago
LisaJan-Maat wrote: "fun at times is pretty damning, since that also pretty accurately describes the telephone directory"
I just reviewed the telephone directory for you, Jan-Maat! I hope I was not too harsh. I haven't made up my mind howto rate it yet!
5 months ago
Jan-MaatLisa wrote: "Jan-Maat wrote: "fun at times is pretty damning, since that also pretty accurately describes the telephone directory"
I just reviewed the telephone directory for you, Jan-Maat! I hope I was not to..."
thanks for the tip off, I was bowled over. More in fact than I was by reading 2001 a space odyssey many years ago.
5 months ago
LisaJan-Maat wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Jan-Maat wrote: "fun at times is pretty damning, since that also pretty accurately describes the telephone directory"
I just reviewed the telephone directory for you, Jan-Maat! I hope..."
The funny thing is, it was more stimulating to write about the telephone directory than to think of something meaningful to say about this sci fi classic that everyone (except me) had read years ago already. I enjoyed reading the Space Odyssey, but it didn't leave any real impact...
5 months ago
Jan-MaatLisa wrote: "Jan-Maat wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Jan-Maat wrote: "fun at times is pretty damning, since that also pretty accurately describes the telephone directory"
I just reviewed the telephone directory for you,..."
- but its all about the idea isn't it with reviewing. Once you have the idea the review writes itself, if the book sparks no idea but just bounces right off then...
5 months ago
LisaJan-Maat wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Jan-Maat wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Jan-Maat wrote: "fun at times is pretty damning, since that also pretty accurately describes the telephone directory"
I just reviewed the telephone direc..."
That's true. And I have realised that it is not always the books I like best that are easiest to review. Sometimes it just feels good to make fun of a mediocre read. Or maybe that's just my sadistic sense of humour?
5 months ago
Jan-MaatThat's true. And I have realised that it is not always the books I like best that are easiest to review. Sometimes it just feels good to make fun of a mediocre read. Or maybe that's just my sadistic sense of humour? "
Probably, but hey, it works for me!
5 months ago
LisaJan-Maat wrote: "That's true. And I have realised that it is not always the books I like best that are easiest to review. Sometimes it just feels good to make fun of a mediocre read. Or maybe that's just my sadisti..."
Good, for I can't get rid of it. Have tried the Irony Removal Course so many times, and failed.
5 months ago
I am not sure this is the one I would start with. It is very detached. I liked it as a counterweight to all the dark or humorous sci fi novels I had read before, but it is quite dry as an entry point.
5 months ago
5 months ago
Hmmm... maybe I should review the telephone directory, too. Maybe it will be one of those stomach challenging horrifying reading experiences?
After all, the social injustice of every single town in the world is listed there, name after name, address after address, telling the dirty stories of success and failure, desperate poverty and insulting wealth. It tells the story of divorces and of inheritance, of small businesses and big hospitals, of honest merchants and frauds. But at times, it is quite fun, too! Some names are deliberate puns. I wonder if it is harder to read the telephone directory than Ulysses or Gravity's Rainbow?
5 months ago
I just reviewed the telephone directory for you, Jan-Maat! I hope I was not too harsh. I haven't made up my mind howto rate it yet!
5 months ago
I just reviewed the telephone directory for you, Jan-Maat! I hope I was not to..."
thanks for the tip off, I was bowled over. More in fact than I was by reading 2001 a space odyssey many years ago.
5 months ago
I just reviewed the telephone directory for you, Jan-Maat! I hope..."
The funny thing is, it was more stimulating to write about the telephone directory than to think of something meaningful to say about this sci fi classic that everyone (except me) had read years ago already. I enjoyed reading the Space Odyssey, but it didn't leave any real impact...
5 months ago
I just reviewed the telephone directory for you,..."
- but its all about the idea isn't it with reviewing. Once you have the idea the review writes itself, if the book sparks no idea but just bounces right off then...
5 months ago
I just reviewed the telephone direc..."
That's true. And I have realised that it is not always the books I like best that are easiest to review. Sometimes it just feels good to make fun of a mediocre read. Or maybe that's just my sadistic sense of humour?
5 months ago
Probably, but hey, it works for me!
5 months ago
Good, for I can't get rid of it. Have tried the Irony Removal Course so many times, and failed.
5 months ago